Unfit Draftees Will Be Treated
Army to Build Up Health
Of 200,000 Who Were
Dropped in Draft
WASHINGTON. ? Plans for re
habilitating 200.000 of the 1.000.000
youths who have been rejected for
military service because of physical
or mental deficiencies were an
nounced by President Roosevelt at
bis press conference recently.
The program will apply immedi
ately to the 200,000 who were certi
fied by local draft boards as sus
ceptible of physical rehabilitation
for the army. Local physicians and
dentists will give the treatments,
for which the federal government
will pay as part of the cost of na
tional defense. When in proper con
dition, the men will be inducted into
the service.
50 Per Cent Unfit.
While this is the immediate pro
gram, Mr. Roosevelt said that it
was only the first objective, adding
that something should be done along
broader lines, and declaring that he
considered the existence of the con
ditions revealed by the selectivfe
service examinations as an indict
ment of America. Nearly 50 per
cent of 2,000.000 men examined for
selective service were found unfit
meijtafly or phystcaUy.
The President said that he would
start a long-range program calling
for co-operation of states, counties,
cities, townships and individuals to
remedy the underlying causes of
the situation.
The plan for rehabilitating the
200.000 men was adopted on the
basis of a report to the President
from Brigadier General Hershey,
director of the selective service sys
tem. The President could not esti
mate how much it would cost but
said that it would be much less than
it the men had been inducted and
rehabilitation had been attempted.
Plans Under Way.
The plans are already far ad
vanced for helping the 200.000 men.
Those suffering from heart dis
eases. musculoskeletal defects and
mental and nervous disorders will
be put in a special category and will
be examined by traveling boards or
teams of specialists who will rec
I F YOU are wearing the new green
* In the (hade of a wild olive, be
aure that you have a clear red for
cheek and lip accent. If your skin
looks dull beside the green, use ?
rose-tinted powder. Blend green and
brown eyeshadow together, smooth
lightly over the eyes and you will
see that the wild-olive green does be
come you!
(Ledger Syndicate? WNU Service.)
ommend curable cases for immedi
ate treatment at government cost.
Of those rejected under the selec
tive service act, 100,000 were found
mentally unequipped for service,
since they did not have the equiva
lent of a fourth-grade education.
The other 900,000 rejections were
due to physical defects or mental
and nervous diseases. The largest
category of physical defects came
under the dental classification, rep
resenting nearly 21 per cent of the_
whole. Defective eyes were an
other major cause of rejection.
"The registrant will have the
privilege of having the services per
formed by his family physician or
dentist in his own community." The
President continued. "The financial
burden will be borne by the govern
m>nt." ? ?
"The cost of this rehabilitation
program will be borne by the fed
eral government as a necessary ,
part of our national defense pro
gram, and additional funds will be
made available to the selective serv
ice system for this purpose."
Choppy Spell on Atlantic Patrol
A cocky destroyer of the 17. S. navy sticks her nose deep into a
big green swell as she battles heavy weather on her patrol beat in the
Atlantic. In addition to being in condition to battle any potential enemy,
warships on patrol duty have to be prepared (or all kinds of weather (or
the North Atlantic is no mill pond at this time o( year. This photo was
released by the I'. S. navy.
u Thornton W Burtfess
BUSTER BEAK LOSES SLEEP
DUSTER BEAR had been out all
night. You see, Buster is one of
those people who go roaming about
just when they feel like it, and is
quite as fond of the night as of the
day. Buster rather prefers the dark
ness to the daylight il he is living
anywhere near the homes of men.
He knows very well that men can
not see in the night, and so are not
likely to be abroad in the Green For
est after jolly, round Mr. Sun goes
to bed behind the Purple Hills. So
Buster had been out all night, and
when the Jolly Little Sunbeams had
chased the Black Shadows out of the
Green Forest he had crawled into
his comfortable bed of leaves under
a great pile of fallen trees deep in
the Green Forest, and with a sigh
of satisfaction had stretched out io
enjoy a nap. He felt sure that no
one, not even inquisitive Sammy
Jay, knew Where that bed was, and
that no one was likely to find it be
cause it was such a deep, dark,
lonely part of the Green Forest.
It seemed to him that he had
hardly closed his eyes, though real
ly he had been asleep for some time,
when his eyes flew wide open. You
know the little people of the Green
Forest and the Green Meadows ar?
very light sleepers. Buster had
heard a strange noise. He kept
perfectly still, listening with all his
might. There it was again? the ex
cited barking of a dog. Buster
yawned and turned over for another
nap. He knew the dog was chasing
Peter Rabbit, or Jumper the Hare,
or Reddy Fox. It didn't make any
difference to him which it was. It
was no concern of his.
He was just dozing off when he
realized that the sound of that dog's
voice was very much louder. His
eyes flew wide open again.
"Huh!" grunted Buster, and the
way that he said it showed that he
was quite disgusted and very much
put out. "Huh! That dog it com
ing this way. Whoever he is chas
ing ought to know better than to
come over here where honest folks
are trying to get a wink of sleep!
Dogs ought tci be kept where they be
long. They have no business in the
.... Image of Freedom
"Golden Gate Bridge, Sao Francisco, 1940," by Brett Weston of Santa
Monica, Calif., one of the winners in the "Image of Freedom" photogra
phy competition held by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Of 1M
prise-winning contestants whose names have just been announced^ only
two received four awards. Mr. Weston was one of tbem.
> t
| Green Forest. I'd Me to catch this
! one. Gr-r-r-r-r, I'd like to catch this
one! There would be one less dog.
Gr-r-r-r-r!"
Buster continued to growl to him
self as he listened. At first he was
simply provoked because his nap
was disturbed. But as the dog came
nearer he began to get uneasy. Not
that he was afraid of the dog. Oh,
my. no! But he remembered what
Peter Rabbit had told him about the
hunter who was making life mis
erable for many of the little people
' Presently he saw ? lil lie brown
form come lippcrty - lipperty - lip
>mon| tbe trees.
of the Green Forest, and the Green
Meadows. What if he should be fol
lowing that dog? Buster didn't want
anything to do with those two-legged
| creatures called men. So he grew
more and more uneasy as he lis
tened. That dog certainly was com
ing nearer every minute.
At first Buster was tempted to
get up and run away to hide in some
other place. But it was very com
fortable there in that nice bed. Be
sides, no one knew that he was
there. "If I will keep still," thought
Buster, "whoever that dog is chas
ing will go right past and lead him
away. I think I will stay right where
I am."
Once more he settled down In his
bed. but in such a way that he
could look out and see who was
coming. His little, sharp, shrewd
eyes snapped angrily as he watched.
Wasn't it enough to make anyone
angry to have their rest broken in
this way? Presently he saw a little
brown form come lipperty-lipperty
lip among the trees. It was Peter
Rabbit.
"He ought to know better than to
lead that dog up here," growled
Buster, forgetting that Peter wasn't
supposed to know where Buster
Bear's bed was. "He ought to know
better!" he growled as Peter squat
ted behind a tree and waited for
the dog to almost reach him. A min
ute later Buster Bear fairly lost his
breath wijh mingled surprise and
anger and fear. Peter Rabbit had
started right straight for the pile of
fallen trees under which Buster was
: lying!
(Associated Newspapers ? WNU^^vice >
Suicides Are Reported
Among Jews in Berlin
BERLIN ? Reliable quarters re
port that a number of suicides have
? -occurred in Berlin as a result of
the new decree requiring Jews to
wear badges displaying the Star of
David.
Informants said that rules accom
panying the decree also forbid Jews
the use of rented vehicles, includ
ing ambulances, without police per
mission, the use of depot waiting
i rooms and restaurants.
Mule's Appetite Fatal,
Eats Too Much Steel
FORT WORTH.-Mary, a sev
en-year-old mule, had a big
mouth and a tremendous appetite
for hay.
That was her downfall.
-The mule lay down and died
and it puzzled the owner, J. H.
McPherson, so he performed an
autopsy. He found Mary had
swallowed a steel buggy spring.
All Men in London Must
Help Out in Fire Watch
LONDON.? With "London Must
Not Burn" as his slogan, Herbert
Morrison, minister of home secur
ity, ordered all able-bodied men re*
siding in London to register for com
pulsory fire-watch duties.
This call-up, which affects the
majority of men between the ages
of 18 to 60, is the consequence of
an insufficient number of volunteers.
Hitherto, compulsory registration
has applied only to people living
and working in the city and West
minster, but it will now affect the
whole of the London region, irre
spective of requests of local authori
ties.
Speaking in parliament Morrison
wid: . ?
"In every London area, including
the outer suburbs* all male British
'subjects between 18 and 60 must
register with the local authority.
Certain classes of people already
carrying out war duties will be ex
empt."
In the original regulations, giving
the minister the necessary power,
it outlines that he must be satisfied
with the number of persons volun
tarily enrolled.
What to Do
BY PHYLLIS BELMONT
_ , ? , - mi m m m m m -t -
I am to be married In church
and am having (our bridesmaids and
a maid of honor. Will you please
tell me when the rehearsal (or the
wedding should take place, who
should be present and what the pro
cedure is?
Answer ? Consult your clergyman
about a convenient time (or the re
hearsal. This is usually a day or
two be(ore the ceremony. I( possi
ble. it would be well (or the officiat
ing clergyman to be present.
You must have all the wedding
party present? but don't invite well
meaning relatives and (riends who
will only add to the coirfusion. The
organist, bridesmaids, maid o( hon
or, (ather o f the bride, groom, best
man and ushers should be present.
The bride and her mother will direct
the rehearsal and a "stand in"
should be present to represent the
bride as the bride never takes part
in the rehearsal.
The details o( the bridal proces
sion should be thoroughly practiced
until all the party are well schooled
in their part o( the ceremony.
(Ledger Syndicate ? WNU Service.)
HEIGHT OF CLOUDS CAN NOW BE MEASURED BY PHOTO EYE
SCHENECTADY, N. Y. - Scien
tists have developed a new method
of measuring the height ot clouds
that is expected to help the weather
bureau and aviators.
The glow of ? tiny searchlight is
(potted ort clouds during the day
time and the height is computed
. by simple geometry, tri angulation.
The' method was developed by the
bureau of standards.
A small 1,000- watt mercury lamp
developed (or searchlights and tele
vision studios is used in the new
system. The "splatter" of the light
where It hits the under side of the
cloud is perceived by a photoelec
tric eya separated from the light on
the ground.
"During the daytime," scientists
explained, "dark overcast clouds at
an elevation of 9."000 feet have been
readily detected. For cumulus
clouds Illuminated by direct sun
light and having elevations up to
4,000 feet, the detection is positive."
The projector consists of the lamp
In front df*a two-foot parabolic mir
ror. The "electric eye" detcctor
receives the light through a lens
and a slit diaphragm.
The narrow beam from the lamp
is projected into the sky at a fre
quency of 120 flashes a second and
the rays scatter when they hit the
clouds. This light scattering is de
tected by a photoelectric eye locat
ed at a known distance from the
lamp and adjusted (or the flash fre
quency so that the beam may be dis
tinguished from background atmos
pheric light.
The height of clouds, of course, is
important in determining "ceiling"
of visibility and the safety of con
ditions for plane flight. In addition
the data are important in forecast
ing the weather
FIRST-AID
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by Hoger B.Whitman
? fBSS
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Painting Doors
IT IS not always easy to paint
* doors when hanging normally, for
the paint is likely to streak along
the edges of the panels and in the
mouldings. The job is much simpli- i
fled by taking the door oft its hinges
and laying it flat on boxes or on
something else that will bring it to a
convenient height In taking off a
door, it should first be opened, so
that the outer corner can be blocked
up with pieces of wood or books to
relieve the hinges of the weight. In
all modern hinges the two parts are
held together by pins, which can
be driven out to separate the hinge
halves. The lower hinge should be
the first to be separated. If the
upper hinge is separated first, and
. the. door - shhniH tilt, the leverage i
would bS so gfeat that the lower
hinge would be bent or even broken, i
In replacing the door, the up
per hinge should be the first to be
j put together.
With the door laid flat, paint or
other finish goes on smoothly and
evenly, with little chance that
"tears" or "beads" will form.
Attaching Wood to Concrete.
It is often necessary to attach
shelves or other woodwork to con
crete walls, and the job may be
something of a problem. One sure
method is to drill holes an inch or
two deep in the concrete, making
use of a star drill, which can be had
at a hardware store. The hole is
then plugged with a piece of soft
wood, into which a screw can be
driven. In place of the wood, the
thread of the screw can be wrapped
with a thin piece of sheet lead.
] Hardware stores carry prepared
plugs for the purpose, usually sold
1 with a drill. These plugs and drills
come in different sizes. For a thin
wall, as in the case of concrete block
or lath and plaster, bolts with
J hinged ends, known as toggle bolts,
can be had. The hinged end is
pushed through the hole, and turns
at right angles, which gives a solid
support when the nut is screwed
down.
New Floor Over Old.
Question: Can a new hardwood
floor be laid over an old floor? Or
should the present floor be removed
and the new one laid on the sub
floor?
Answer: The new one can be laid
on top of the old one, which will save
labor. The old floor should first be
made smooth; protruding nails
either driven in or pulled out. and,
roughnesses of the floor planed or
scraped down. At lumber yards you
can get flooring intended to be laid
over an old floor; it comes complete
ly finished, so that no further fin
ishing will be needed after laying.
It is thinner than ordinary flooring,
tof it serves only as a finish.
Sound-Proof Door.
Question: What is the simplest
way to sound-proof a door between
two apartments, or at least to dead
en the sound?
Answer: Sound can be deadened
by hanging two or three thick por
tieres over the door. For a better
Job, set four or five pieces of 1 by I
across the door opening, from side
to side, not touching the door. On
these set a sheet of insulating
board, cut to fit the opening. The
Joint between the door and the
frame, all around, should first be
packed with moth-proof felt, soft
rubber strips, or something simi
lar, for much of the sound comes
through the joint
Cleaning a Cellar.
Question: What is the best way
to clean an old cellar in which there
is a hot air furnace?
Answer: Everything in the cellar
Is probably coated with coal and ash
dust, and the first step should be to
loosen this by brushing. Then fol
lowed with a vacuum cleaner. Con
crete floor and walls should be
scrubbed with a strong solution of
washing soda in water, followed by
rinsing. All wood parts should be
finished by painting. For masonry
: walls use cement paint, while the
floor should have a kind of paint
that is proof against injury by lime.
I For the wood parts you can use
j casein paint.
Noisy Road. r
Question: We live on a road Inter
section that is very noisy. Is there
any' kind of sound-proof glass that
could be put in the windows of our
! living-room?
Answer: Glass in two thicknesses,
separated by a quarter-inch or
j more, might do the trick, but would
require new window frames. Dou
ble windows would give you the
-same effect. Metal weatherstrips
around the window should do quite
as well. Another method would be
to equip each one of the windows
with an electric ventilator of a kind
that admits air, but keeps out sound, i
These can be had from dealers in
electrical equipment.
Artificial Flowers.
Two of my readers describe meth
ods tor restoring faded artificial
flowers. One says that they can be
: brightened and made to look like
new by using common wax crayon,
"with which I have recently rejuve
nated a bouquet of cosmos." The
other recommends spraying them
with a dye made for tinting fabrics,
that can be had at a drug store.
She used her perfume atomizer,
which, she says, "works perfectly,
as it did not allow too much of the
liquid to get on the flowers. They
dried quickly. ' . . ? r
WPA to Study
gating Habits
Writers to Turn Talent#
To Americana in U. S.
Defense Series.
WASHINGTON.? The corps of edi
tors and writers employed on WPA
Writers' projects,, having virtually
completed the American Guide se
ries of 50 colorful volumes on 48
states, Alaska and Puerto Rico, are
turning now to individual aspects of
Americana.
The Guide series, presenting a
comprehensive account of the his
tory, culture, economy and detailed
touring Information of the states
and two territories, is to be followed
by a volume on American eating
habits, a National Defense series,
and six regional books on American
arts and crafts.
Wide Range Covered.
The 800 titles turned out by the
projects, which now employ about
2,300 persons, soon will be increased
by "The United States: A Pictorial
Study of a Democracy," which will
be printed in Spanish and distrib
uted south of the border in another
bid for hemispheric solidarity. An
English edition may be published
later.
The 800 publications range from
pamphlets of purely local interest
to the American Guide series.
Why does the government spend
money for all of these books?
Assistant Works Projects Com
missioner Florence Kerr answers:
'The urgencies of the present
decade make mutual understanding
between communities of the nation
a prerequisite to national unity. The
ultimate goal of the Writers' Pro
gram is to contribute to national
unity through presenting America to
Americans."
The list of publications in the Life
in America series will be headed
by six regional volumes bearing the
title: "Hands That Build the Na
tion." In these books will be de
scribed the native arts and crafts
of the people of New England, the
Middle Atlantic and Great Lakes
states, the Southeast, the central
states, the Southwest and the
Northwest Each volume will con
tain about 40,000 words and have 60
or more illustrations in color.
Food Tastes Studied.
"America Eats" is the title select
ed tentatively for another volume
in the Life in America series, a book
devoting one chapter to a commu
nity meal typical to some phase of
American life ? a political barbecue,
a church supper, a Rotary luncheon,
a clam bake, breakfast in a large
city cafeteria, a family reunion (tin
ner and others.
The writers also will attempt to
uncover the traditions that link
baked beans with Boston, .and hot
biscuits and tried chicken with the
South, and to learn why Westerners
are supposed to like fried meats
better than roasts.
Other projected volumes Include
a history of forest conservation, an
account of the western rangelands
in terms of Indians, Spaniards and
American frontiersmen who helped
carve a great empire out of a wil
derness. A contemporary and his
torical account of the Indian also
will be written.
Two sets of guides and a series of
State Health Almanacs are contem
plated in the National Defense
series. One group of guides will
pertain to military and naval acad
emies, the other will be devoted to
the larger posts and reservations of
the army and the navy.
Hitch-Hike Technique
Is Taught in College
AUSTIN, TEXAS.,? College stu
dents in the Southwest now will
have skilled technique in thumbing
rides.
Keyes Carson Jr., Texas Aggie
senior and president of the National
Hitchhikers association, visited oth
er Texas colleges, organized chap
ters and gave instruction in sure
fire methods to get a lift
To University of Texas students
Carson explained some of the aids
to getting a ride. A smile and use
of a "hitch-hiker's arsenal," will
double or triple the chances, Carson
aaid.
The first tool taken from the ar
senal. he explained, is a small tele
scope. Taking position where a
clear view of the road is available,
approaching cars are checked
through it.
Another aid is a small reflector
sign held up for the motorist to see.
It gives the hitch-hiker's name and
where he wants to go.
"Always smile when asking for a
ride," he advised the students.
"Every one likes to see a smile and
they like to see someone who looks
like an appreciative person."
; He has tested his equipment and
approach in nearly 217,000 miles of
hitch-hiking.
Soldiers Hit Jackpot
In Dispensing Machine
CAMP WOLTERS, TEXAS ?
There was a great deal of scurry
ing and scampering in the office of
the Camp Wolters motor pool the
other day. Mechanics dropped their
tools, truck drivers and chauffeurs
came a-running and clerks put down
their ledgers. Primed with two
nickels, a soft-drink dispensing ma
chine in the office gave out with
three cases of pop before it was
empty.
Our Iceland Force
Is Well Equipped
Has Comforts and Clothing
Superior to British.
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND.? A regi
ment of trained soldiers recruited
from the factories and farms of
Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky and
with ? history studded with battle
honors from Bull Run to the Ar
gonne, forms a prominent part of
the American fighting force on Ice
land.
Most striking is their superiority
In clothing, articles of coiyifort and
armament over British infantry
here.
Like old soldiers the American*
settled down in their heated, storm
proof Nissen huts. There we're no
complaints about the cold.
One company has an orderly
room which would put some of the
British ofTlccrs messes to shame.
Its furnishings included overstuffed
chairs and couches of modern de
sign, a table tennis outfit, radio
and magazine rack.
In the officers club the Americans
are preparing for a dance for army
nurses and local girls. The club
has the same furnishings as that
fo^ the enlisted men with the addi
tion of a "juke box," bar and four
slot machines. Over the bar is the
newly designed red, white and blue
lnsigne of Field Force( Four, the
regimental insigne and the Great
Seal of the United States.
Enlisted men and officers have
plenty of blankets and heavy cloth
ing against the arctic blasts. In
addition to the blue denim work
clothes, field and garrison uniforms
and coats, they have received fur
caps, wool-lined mackinaws, heavy
galoshes, gloves, Ave pairs of shoes
and heavy underclothes and socks.
The men are eager to show the
workings of their new Garand rifles.
New Lens on Telescope
Seeks Hot Bright Stars
PASADENA. CALIF.? Recent de
velopment of photographic plates
sensitive to red light has led the
Mount Wilson observatory to re
model its 10-inch telescope for a
search for distant, hot bright stars.
A prism is attached to the tele
scope for studying the stars by their
spectrums. The lens used with it
originally was designed to focus
on the blue light from stars. j
Dr. Frank E. Ross, optical con
sultant oil the 200-inch telescope for
Mt Palomar, has designed a lens
for the 10-inch Instrument which
will focus on the red and yellow,
end of the spectrum.
Ei C Williams of the Mount Wil
son instrument shop, developed a
variable-speed driving device by
which astronomers can press a but
ton and obtain any desired move
ment of the telescope. Most tele
scopes are kept focused on a star by
a clock drive.
The new device eliminates the ne
cessity of adjusting for tempera
ture changes and makes it possible,
according to Dr. Paul W. Merrill,
to spread out the light of a star for
spectrograph^ studies.
Vitamins in Orange*
Help in Surgical Cases
LOS ANGELES.? Vitamins found
in oranges and vegetable* are play
ing a new part in lurgical opera
tions.
"Administration of tbe proper vi
tamin doses before an operation 1*
serving materially to reduce fatali
ties." says Dr. Clinton H. Thienes.
pharmacology professor of tbe Uni
versity of Southern California.
He told a meeting of the South
ern California Chapter. American
College of Surgeons, that vitamin
C, obtained from oranges and other
citrus fruits, increases the ability of
the body to produce fibrous tissue
in scar areas.
Dr. Thienes added that vegeta
bles produce vitamin K, which pre
vents post-operative hemorrhage by
inducing proper blood coagulation.
Administration of these vitamin*
was necessary only In cases of per
sons showing a deficiency in them,
he explained. A week's treatment,
given through the mouth, would pre
pare the ordinary patient for the op
eration. In an emergency, however,
he said, the vitamins were injected
into the veins.
Helper's Dream Saves
Life of Safe Expert
NEW YORK.? Locksmith Charles
M. Courtney was about to open a
safe with a drill and blow torch
when an assistant suggested be try
to pick the lock.
Ilie assistant had had a dream
that a safe blew up as they were
opening it.
Courtney picked the lock, opened
the safe and found two sticks of
dynamite in it Had he used the
torch, he, his assistant and the bouse
would have been "blown to smith
ereens," he said.
It's the Little One
That Really Got Away
RICHMOND, VA- - John E.
Payne Jr. tells about the little
one that got away after trying
his ankle for bait. Payne re
moved his socks and shoes to
wade into the stream and cast
He felt a stinging sensation in his
foot and looked down to find a
silver perch charging fiercely. It
was too small to catch.